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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Byers, Robert G. Scrapbooks
Creator:
Byers, Robert G.
Identifier/Call Number: D-774
Physical Description:
2 scrapbooks
Date (inclusive): 1919-1921
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the Athletics Department as part of AR-237 and separated into a discrete collection.
Robert Gray Byers was born in Iowa and resided in Pasadena, California before enrolling as a student at the University Farm
(now UC Davis). While at Davis he served as a member of the Blue and Gold Dairy Club and also on the Refreshment and Decorating
Committees for Picnic Day. He completed a three year degree in agriculture at the University Farm in 1921. He passed away
on August 22, 1926 at the age of twenty five in Half Moon Bay, California.
Sources: Farm Rodeo. Davis, California: Associated Students of the University Farm, 1921.
Byers death notice, San Francisco Examiner, August 28, 1926.
[Identification of item], Byers, Robert G. Scrapbooks. D-774, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University
of California, Davis.
Processed by Sara Gunasekara.
Robert Gray Byers was born in Iowa and resided in Pasadena, California before enrolling as a student at the University Farm
(now UC Davis). While at Davis he served as a member of the Blue and Gold Dairy Club and also on the Refreshment and Decorating
Committees for Picnic Day. He completed a three year degree in agriculture at the University Farm in 1921. He passed away
on August 22, 1926 at the age of twenty five in Half Moon Bay, California.
These two scrapbooks chronicle his time as a student on campus. The first scrapbook features the years 1919-1920 while the
second one focuses on 1921.
Fall 1919-1920
The first scrapbook begins with photographs of General Pershing's visit to Davis by railcar. It also contains images of Byers
and some of his classmates as well as campus activities such as Labor Day, the tug of war, and the tank rush. Also included
are pictures of Bear Lake and the California State Capitol Building
1921
The second scrapbook features campus and city structures such as North Hall, East Hall, and West Hall, the Creamery, the Horticulture
Building, and the Davis Arch. Images of Picnic Day are also included as well as a visit to Mt. Tamalpais, Bolinas, and Muir
Woods.
Sources: Farm Rodeo. Davis, California: Associated Students of the University Farm, 1921.
Byers death notice, San Francisco Examiner, August 28, 1926.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College students -- Recreation -- California -- Davis
Student activities -- California -- Davis
University Farm School—Students—Pictorial works
University of California, Davis -- Students